Most Diverse Fragrance House?

Some houses you can just tell when a fragrance is theres, without even looking at the label; such as Theirry Mugler with their heavy patchouli bases, Creed with their very natural smells, Hermes with Jean Claude Ellena's handprint in everything, and Lacoste with their synthetic and even playful stuff targeted toward the younger crowd.

So which house would you say is the most diverse? Stuff that smells nothing like each other, no common bases, no copied top notes, just pre-planned well and originality through and through.

Kind of a spur of the moment thread that I wanted to get going, so I haven't thought much on the answer, but the first thing that comes to mind is....... YSL.

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In Niche, sure, Malle, but it was designed that way from the beginning. Ie it would have been strange if they all had a similarity because the whole point was to give as much free reign to the nose as possible.

Within mass market, I'll say YSL. SO many diverse frags, and a number of big mass market hits for relatively unsafe frags. Compared to Guerlain, Chanel, etc which all have a sort of house style that's consistent.

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I find almost all the classic French designer houses, pre-1990s line-ups, to be delightfully incongruous. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case as every successful fragrance has a half dozen or more, accounting department designed, flankers.
I don't agree with Creed being all that diverse. Their heavy, synthetic ambergris base is in so many of their offerings.
Also, how many more times is Mr. Ellena going to rehash Declaration? Basta!